MIDItheKIDMy Instacart shopper is making some wild changes.
hopefully whatever you were making with that sour cream will survive the beef rawhide replacement š¤£
canthidiumIt was the paper towels that got replaced with rawhide. The sour cream is still pending.
ivanafterallFor many applications, rawhide is an upgrade over paper!
Currently itās just cream. Your order will be updated when it has turned sour.
FinalFallacyBeef rawhide, the keto substitute for sour cream
GhostalmediaI usually try to go with Shipt shoppers if I can. IMHO, they give more of a shit compared to IC.
themoonisacheeseThere is a very high chance the people shopping are doing it for every brand they can. At best shipt simply has better costumer support and they donāt want to mess with it.
They tend to be more aggressive about booting bad shoppers off of their platform.
This desperate fool is making her own shopping trip by subbing your stuff outā¦
I notice the suggestions are more expensive. Do they make more?
SpezCanLigmaBallsIt could be 2 things, 1) what you wanted was already the cheapest 2) maybe they think replacing it with a ābetterā quality version is a better move than cheaper.
Better is in quotes since more expensive doesnāt equal better quality.
I really donāt know, talking out my ass rn
Does IC give you a way to make your own replacement suggestions? I only use Shipt, and itās built into shipt to preload āif they donāt have that, get thisā. Most of the time the shopper is able to complete the whole order without changing anything when the preloaded suggestions are used.
I havenāt used either of those before so I hope someone else can answer you
Yes you have the ability to both pick specific replacements and leave a tweet sized note about what you really want.
But I cancelled my subscription to Instacart specifically because there were far too many times a shopper just ignores your notes and replacement choices.
Like....dude I didn't make notes for funsies. That was my meal plan for the whole week. How the hell am I supposed to make dinner now? I don't believe you that there is NO bread in the damn store. TALK to me before you just blaze through, refund or make bizarre replacements and then check out. This is my FOOD. š
TheAndrewBrownI would assume the amount they make is a percentage of the cart total. That would be the only way to make longer trips worth it. So that would incentivize suggesting more expensive options. But I imagine thereās also a tip mechanic so doing obvious stuff like that could hurt your tip.
densitySo crazy insta cart is a thing for use cases other than substantial disability... which it must be I guess? It's too well known for such a small niche. Every time I see it mentioned I am shocked.
It's a boon even for the mildly or moderately disabled, but truly a godsend for the significantly disabled. Sucks that it costs more and sometimes you get some stupid replacements, but so it goes.
Youād be blown away at the amount of people that use delivery services for groceries and other restaurant deliveries. I know of a few that do it multiple times a week, and anecdotally, these are also the same people that complaining about not being able to afford things.
??? I mean not all of these pickup services cost extra. Walmart pickup is free. I get it all the time.
I feel like Walmart+ is in a different category, I would compare it more to Amazon prime than instacart, Uber eats, DoorDash, etc.
Itās good for people without transportation, too. A family of four taking the bus where they need to go? Fine. A family of four hauling a family of fourās worth of groceries home on the bus? Less fine. Especially if the bus stop isnāt actually close to their home. Then itās a family of four (if you can even get them all together at the same time because you need the extra hands) hauling a family of fourās worth of groceries (including bulky stuff like toilet paper) down city blocks or through industrial areas or rural areas or wherever, for however long it takes. Throw in a broken bag now and then, andā¦ yeah. Grocery delivery is a much better option.
This is a good point too. The nice thing about Walmart delivery is that you can change your address.
So if you typically have it delivered to your home address, but you fly somewhere on vacation and donāt get a rental car, you can have Walmart deliver your groceries to your vacation spot. Thatās a lot cheaper than using a taxi to get groceries, or buying every meal you eat on vacation - especially if you have a family!
Today I ordered six mini bottles (I guess 10 oz/each?) of club soda. They were out, so the shopper brought me four large bottles of club soda (maybe 38 oz?).
Apparently I need to drink a lot of mojitos.
AnonymousLlamaWhy not, it's after work somewhere šøšøšø